Machine for shaping and cutting dough.



1). NEMBTH. MACHINE FOR SHAPING AND GUTTINGDOUGH.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3 1908.

934,749. v Patented Sept2L1909.

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u INVENTOR A TTORNE D. NB'METH. MACHINE FOR SHAPING AND GUTTING DOUGH.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 3, 1908. 934,749, Patented Se 1909. 2 s11 HEET a.

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BY W4 fim, 7 AA ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

nEzso NEMETH, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR SHAPING AND CUTTING DOUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Application filed June 3, 1908. Serial No. 436,352,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DEzso NEMETH, a subject of the King of Hungary, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Shaping and Cutting Dough, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatestoin'achines for the use of bakers, and more particularly "to machines for flattening, shaping and cutting the dough.

The obj ectofthe invention is to provide a device of this general character, having a plurality of series of cutting devices which may operate indepenfentlyfof each other, and thus 'cut and divide thefdough into the number of'series of knives or cutters op crating.

Another object of the invention is to proyide a flattening and shaping device which may consist of a plurality of plungers operating independently of and between the cutting devices.

The invention consists in the features of constructionand combination of parts, hereinafter described.

Broadly'speaking, it consists of a plurality of series of reciprocating-knives or cutting devices, some of the series of knives operating independentl of the other. These knives are crossed at right angles, forming thus guides for the shaping and flatteningplungers, which act before the knives in'order to flatten and shape the dough.

plungers, ig.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec- .tion of the machine, Fig. 2 a perspective operating independently of said first series of knives. v r p The machine, in the formshown, comprises amain frame, consisting of standards,

or uprights 1, 1, held together by bottom rails 2, 2. Upon this-main frame is arranged a dough-box 3, consistingof sides 4=,-.4',, se-

cured to the main frame by means of screws 5 or in any other suitable manner. This dough-box is provided with a cover 6, hinged to the box at 7, and provided with a locking device 8, coacting with the locking pin 9, arranged on the dough-box. As shown in the drawingsfthedouglnbox has no bottom and the dough, placed therein, rests directly on the "flattening plung'ers, hereinafter to be described.

The cutting device, consisting of a pluralit'y'of knives, is divided in this case into three series, Tlieiirs't'series 'isindicated at 10andthe second series, crossing the same, at 1'1. These two series of knives arefastened to ether in any suitable way;and thus cut the c oi'i'gh at the sametiine. More particu'larly, the series 11 consists of flat blades 11 having slots 12, receiving the knives'lOf, so that the cuttingedges of both series, of knives are located in one plane. The knives 10', being placed into theslots. of the knives 11, are soldered thereto, or may be fixedly secured thereto in an. other manner, it being, however, essential t rat the surfaces of the blades should form smooth planes, so

as to s'erve as guides for the flattening and shaping dies. It willbe noticed fromF 1g. 5, of. the drawings, that these tWQ. SI16S- Of knives cut the dough intos olids haying oblong bases, the length of which corresponds substantially to twice the breadth of the same.

A third series of cutting knives is indi cated at 13, the blades13 of which are secured to the blades 14, arranged at right angles to the knives 13'. These knives are provided with slots 1'5, adapted toreceive the knives, hereinbefore described. The

length ofthe slots .15 is substantially greater than the-height of the knives 10, and it will be thus observed, that the knives 13 maybe reciprooated relative to the knives l0 and 11', and the cutting edges of. the knives 13 be raised above the planeof the .cutting edges of the knives 110T and I1", and independently thereof, Asshown': in Fig. 4, the knives 13 are arranged at equal distances betweenthe knives ll. I p

The knives 10 and 11- are reciprocated between. guideslb, formed on the-uprights o'nstandards- 1", and carry .a' yoke 1 7, attached to; the two outermost blades 11". To this yoke is attached arack 18, which meshes with a segment gear 18", the operating lever 18 of which is fulcrumed at 19 to the frame of the machine. It is obvious that in fore: ing the freeend of the operating lever downward, the cutting edges-10 and 11 will be raised into the dough-box 3 and there guided by the sides 4 of the same. Normally the plane of the cutting edges. of the knives is in the plane in which the lowermost edges of the dough-box are located, and are held in this position by a finger 20, engaging the operating lever 18, which finger is secured to or made integral withthe bracket 21, to which the operating lever is pivoted.

The operating mechanism of the knives 13 comprises a yoke 22, secured to the blades 14. This yoke is attached to a rack 23, which meshes with a'segment 24,, carrying an operating lever 25, fulcrumed at 26 to a bracket 27 which, inturn, is attached to the frame of the machine. i

As hereinbefore mentioned, the knife series 13 may be operated independently of the series 10 and 11, that is to say, the series 10 and 11 may be raised into the dough-box independently of the series 13, or mother knives.

words, the series 13 may remain stationary and the series 10 andll raised. In a similar manner series 13 may be raised and the series 10 and 11 remain stationary by reason 'of the slots, 15.

A stop28, arranged on the bracket 27 and engaging the operating lever 25, determines the lowermost position of the knives 13, in which position the cutting edges of these series are located in the plane of the cutting edges of series 10 and 11.

The flattening and shaping dies comprise a plurality of plungers 29, being solids havinga square base and guided by the cutting The lower parts of these plungers carry stems 30, secured "to a support 31, to which is attached a rack 32, meshing with a segment 33, to which is' attached an operating lever 34, fulcrumed at 26vto the bracket 27. A lug 35 engages the segment for a similar purpose as the lug 28 engages the segment 24.

On the cover 6 of the dough-box is rotatably arranged a screw bolt 35, engaging the threads 36 of a projection 37, made integral with a pricking needle carrier 38. The pricking needles 39 are attached to this carrier 38, and are so arranged that two needles may .be lowered into each square formed by cutting knives 10, 11 and 12, respectively.

These needles slide into holes 40, provided on the cover 6, and are held normally out of the dough-box. A hand-wheel 41 facilitates the turning of the screw bolt 35-.

The operation of the device is as follows: Thejdough is placed into the doughbox and will rest, as mentioned hereinbefore, on the plungers 29, whinh are shown in their lowerdesired portions.

height of the dough-box less the length of travel of the plungers 29. If such a sheet of dough is desired, the cutting devices are not brought into operation, .but the handwheel is turned and thenthe pricking performed, after which operation the cover of the dough-box is opened and the dough sheet readily taken out of the receptacle. Should it be desired to cut the already flattened and shaped dough into oblong portions, the

length of which is equal to the width of the dough-box, the'knives 13 are brought into operation by means of the operating lever 25, and then'the pricking performed and the portions taken out of the receptacle In this case oblong dough portions are obtained,- the length of which corresponds to the width "of the receptacle and the breadth of which is equal to the distance in which the knives 13 are set on the blades 14. If itis necessary to divide the dough into smaller portions, then, after shaping and flattening, the .knives 10 and 11 are operated by the lever 18'-.

In this case solids are obtained, the lengthof the base of which corresponds to the dis 'tance in which the knives 11 are set, and the breadth of the base of which is equal to the distance of the knives 10 to each other. In

other cases it becomes necessary to divide the dough into solids having a square base.

'- In this case, first, the knives '10 and 11' operate, and then the knives 13 are forced upward and divide thus the dough into the It isobvious that the plungers 29 are held in their upper positions during the operation of the knives.

WVhat I claim is:

1. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a dough-box, of knives for dividing the dough, and means normally outside of said box and adapted to project through the cover thereof for pricking the dough in the same.

2. In a device of the character specified,-

the combination with a dough-box, of means normally outsideof'said box and-adapted to project through the cover thereof for pricking the dough in said box..

3. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a dough-box, of a plurality of pricking pins adapted to project through the cover thereof and normally kept outside of said box, and means for actuating all of saidpins simultaneously.

4. In a device of the character specified, the combination with-a dough-box consistin of the sides and a cover, of two series 0 knives crossed at right angles for dividing Signed at New York, in the county of the dough, a third series of knives guided 'NewYork and State of New York,'th1s 23rd 10 by one ofsaid two series of knives, a pluday of March, A; D. 1908..

rality of plungers adapted to support the DEZSG NEMETH dough and operating between said knives and independently thereof, and means on Witnesses: said cover for pricking the dough in said FRANK C. BRUTON, box. CHARLES STIRIZ. 

